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Low voter turnout so far in Manayunk and Roxborough
Maybe it’s the idea that a single vote doesn’t count, or the construction obstacles, or the sudden change in polling location ...
13 years ago
President Obama outlines Head Start rules in Delaware County
President Barack Obama came to Delaware County today and promised to do an “end run” around congress if the Republicans won ...
13 years ago
Community involvement in proposed Ogontz development should’t stop at ward leader
In response to a report from Amy Z. Quinn, a reader had a question about a plan to convert a derelict apartment building in North Philade ...
13 years ago
Low turnout at Manayunk and Roxborough polls – is voter apathy or construction to blame?
Philadelphia voters in Manayunk and Roxborough had a difficult time getting to the polls on Tuesday morning as construction and venue cha ...
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Philly votes Old City’s Khyber Pass as best bar in the city
What’s the best bar in the city? Old City’s Khyber Pass, according to the bloggers, writers and drinkers Foobooz polled. ...
13 years ago
Fracking on the ballot box in three Pa. Communities
Voters in three Pennsylvania communities will decide whether or not to allow drilling in the Marcellus Shale. The ref ...
13 years ago
Brian Rudnick: ‘I’m going to win by a little’
Brian Rudnick’s bid for Philadelphia City Council has come down to its final day. “I feel great,” Rudnick, an in ...
13 years ago
Bernard Hopkins discusses the impact Joe Frazier had both in and out of the ring
Just days after it was publicly announced that legendary hometown boxer Smokin’ Joe Frazier was receiving hospice care for advanced ...
13 years ago
Karen Brown says car was vandalized election morning
Not a great start to Election Day for Republican mayoral candidate Karen Brown. She says she found paint splattered on her car ear ...
13 years ago
Nutter, Montco Dems and sports betting big winners
12:15 a.m. WHYY’s Tom McDonald has filed this report on ...
13 years ago
Bicycle Coalition wants volunteers for bike counts
Whether you love bikes or hate them, boy does the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia have a job for you. ...
13 years ago
Pa. corruption trial defendants guilty on all counts
Update, 1:25 p.m. Feese and Seaman have been convicted on all counts. Original report Though not ...
13 years ago
More pleas, no death penalty in Piazza double-murder trial
More guilty pleas have come through in the 2009 double-murder at Norther Liberties’ Piazza, bringing the grand total of defendants ...
13 years ago
Appellate court sides with DuPont employee in whistleblower suit
The New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division yesterday upheld a $500,000 settlement awarded by a lower court to a former DuPont Chamb ...
13 years ago